Sustainable North

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, January 19, 2010:

The University Police Department is about to acquire a new high-tech gadget that’s more notable for what it won’t do than what it will.

The modified 2002 Suzuki Eiger four-wheeler won’t use any gasoline. It won’t create any emissions. And except for the sound of tires rolling across the ground, it won’t make a noise above a whisper.

The ATV will be the department’s first all-electric vehicle, thanks to a two-week modification process by mechanical engineering students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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